POLITICS NEWS – Courts move to block actions taken by the new DOGE agency

Laila Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer

The Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE) has continued to crash into the work of other federal agencies. As DOGE, spearheaded by Elon Musk and Donald Trump, continues to shut down ongoing work and thousands of federal employees. The development of DOGE is a historic power grab by the president. However, this chaotic approach may also limit the likelihood of the courts going along with his efforts as more and more lawsuits are filed against the agency, and court orders block the agency’s actions. Trump said, “I hope that the court system is going to allow us to do what we have to do,” in a statement he made to reporters. He went on to say, “We got elected to, among other things, find all of this fraud, abuse, all of this, this horrible stuff going on.” 

The examples of “fraud” that Trump has offered up as evidence appear to be programs that he doesn’t like such as diversity initiatives. Some legal experts have voiced their concern about the administration’s efforts to shut down agencies, freezing broad swaths of federal money approved by Congress, and gaining access to sensitive Treasury payment systems while trying to shut down agencies. Adam White said, “ From the chaos in and around the administration to the chaos in the courts who are trying to grapple with it, and for all of us who are watching it happen.” He went on to say, “We can all agree this is no way to run a country.”